Why consider 12v fridge for boondocking?
So I want to offer up this question out about 12v compressor refrigerators. I'm going to post this on other forums too, so your "forum tramps"(like me)may see this spread around some other pages. Not...
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Vintage465 wrote:
So after reading all the comments and doing a little more research, there doesn't seem to me to be any "Boon Docking Advantage" to having a 12v compressor fridge. I would tend to think that if you had two 6 volt batteries in series and compared two 6 cubic ft refer's, one absorption and one 12v compressor you'd go longer on those batteries with the absorption. Thanks for all the comments.
In terms of powering the fridge, you are correct. It's simpler and easier to power an absorption fridge off grid for long periods of time.
But the 12v fridge fit in the same cabinet space will likely be 8 cft and when you bring a room temp case of beer back to the RV around 2pm, by 5pm, it's nice and cold.
